Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-07
THE SCIENCE OF BUSTING.
Row to DO the Work Successfully
and Thoroughly.

and Thoroughly.
NEW YORK, March 5.-There is no one
Item In the housewives long list of daily
iaoors that is OF more importance than
Inls OF busting. IL is as closely connected
with health and happiness as is the prepa-
ration OF food, and it's proper perform
ahce is infinitely more necessary than
hlne-tenths OF the sewing that passes
through the nlmble fingers of the mis-
Cress OF the average household. Dust and
art are the first cousins--the parents
rather-ot disease. Ii it were possible to
i've In a house absolutely free from dust,
nan the slcknesses that rack our frames
and half Of the lassitude and debility that
Welgh them down would not be- known.
Dust Is common carrier of the germs OF
many dangerous diseases, and breathed
INTO the lungs and settled into the pores
OF the skin, as it constantly must be, is
tne progenltor of many Others. The truth
OF this becomes all the more apparent
When 1t is remembered that the dust
Wnlcn all good housekeepers struggle
against is not solely the dust OF mother
earth, Which Is clean and comparatively
harmless, but has mixed with that fibres
rom our clothing, scales. from our skin,
pieces OF hair, bits of feather, ashes, wood
hbre, and everything else which can be
worn off and ground into powder. The
amount OF this motley stuff thst is con-
stantly floating about in our rooms is as
tonishing, and the Importance of Keeping
them as free from it as possible cannot be
overestimated. But Notwithstanding this
there are few people who know how to
'dust room properly. TO use feather
buster is Ereal deal worse than not to
dust at all. 1t simply whisks the poTdery
stuff from one piece of furniture TO fly
around the room for q while and then
settle on another. 1t does not make the
case much better to have the windows
and doors open, for as much will stay in
doors as gets out. II you cannot do any
better than use a feather buster better
let the dust rest in place. A dry cloth is
but little better. 1t Will hold some OF
the dust, but it will also let loose
great deal to go flying about the room
again.
The proper way to dust room is to
begin with the walls. Pin several thick
nesses OF cloth over broom and sweep
the walls down thoroughly, leaving at
the same time all the doors and windows
open. This matter of sweeping the walls
is important, and should be done once a
week In rooms that are much used. Then
with damp cloth wipe off the picture
cords or wires, the backs of all the pic
ture frames, and the tops OF the door and
window frames. Ii there is anV danger
OF tnJuring pictures or frames with a
damp cloth use dry one, but wipe them
all of carefully. AS often rs you can get
"a good draft which will carry the dust
out of the window, shake and beat the
curtains, whether they be Holland, lace,
scrfm or what not, for they are prime
sinners in theematter of iharboring dust.
The windOw-sash, sill and glass
should also receive attention. Use large
cloth with half OF it well dampened for
busting. the day end being useful to wipe
off small articles that might be injured
by dampness-&snd1 be careful that you
manipulate the cloth so as to wipe the
dust into it and keep it there, If it gets
dirty have clean one, and always wash
them out and scald them after every
using, Ii there are inside shutters to the
windows they need to be cared for almost
as tenderly as baby. A thorough clean
ing every week, carefully wiping both up
per and under sides of the Stats, is the
only thing that will keep them in decent
order. A room is not thoroughly busted
until all the furniture and wood work and
gas fixtures have been cleaned with the
damp buster. Upholstered furniture
should be taken out, brushed all over and
then wiped with the damp cloth, not for
getting the under side.
To the weary hOusekeeper whose sole de-
pendence Is herself, or whose busy hands
are supplemented by only a single SER
want, all this may seem an endless task.
And it is hard work. But it is the most
effective way of waging battle with that
ever.present enemy. dust. And the re-
suits to be gained by getting even
little the better of that enemy are of
enough Importance to encourage one in
almost any outlay OF time, labor and
energy which will accomplish the desired
result.